Paper 2: 2.1 Festivals and Celebration Flashcards

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What are festivals?

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Commemorate significant moments in a religious calendar

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What do Christian festivals involve?

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Special hymns/songs
Rituals

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Purpose of Festivals in Christianity

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To take time and appreciate what God has done in sending Jesus to Earth

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Advent

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‘The coming’
Remembrance of:
* OT prophets spoke of there coming of the Messiah
* The NT prophesied that Jesus would return again as King and judge at the end of time

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How long is advent

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4 weeks, leading up to Christmas

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What is Advent for

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To prepare for Christmas
Reflect on the relationship with Jesus
Readying yourself to give an account of your life to Jesus Judge

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What do Christians do during advent?

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  • RCC and CofE churches have an advent wreath - 5 candles for each Sunday. Sense of anticipation
  • Bible readings
  • Special hymns
  • No flowers to represent time of repent
  • At home: Advent calendars with pictures of Christmas stories
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Christmas

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Celebration of Jesus’ birth
Incarnation
Nativity

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Incarnation

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God in human form ‘in flesh’

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Messiah

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The incarnation

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Luke 2:11

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‘A saviour has been born to you, he is Christ the Lord.”

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Immanuel

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God with us
John 3:16 - God’s act of love, sent Jesus as a saviour

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Matthew 4:16

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“The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light”.

  • god rescues people from darkness
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What is Jesus to Christians?

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A gift
Act of God’s kindness/grace
Festivals are about love

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What do Christians do at Christmas

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Carols
Bible readings
RCC midnight mass
Nativity plays
Decorations

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Christingle

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Symbol of God’s provision and salvatio

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When is Epiphany

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12 days after Christmas

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What is epiphany

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The visit of the wise men to Jesus

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Gifts of the wise men

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Gold - represents Jesus’s kingship
Frankincense - symbolises that Jesus is fully man and fully God
Myrrh - foreshadows Jesus’s death

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Easter

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The death and resurrection of Jesus
Jesus died on Good Friday and rose on Easter Sunday

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Lent

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Period of time of preparation for Easter
40 days based on Jesus’s fasting in the desert

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What is Lent fasting a symbol of

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Showing greater focus on God rather than materialistic needs
Gives more time for people to reflect on whether they have put God first in their lives

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Palm Sunday

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Sunday before Easter Sunday, first day of Holy week
Celebrates Jesus’s arrival to Jerusalem on donkey

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John 12 (Palm Sunday)

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People greeted Jesus with palms and crowns as he was the next Messiah

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What Christians may do on Palm Sunday

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Churches give out small crosses made of palm leaves

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Maundy Thursday

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Christians remember the passover meal with his disciples = Last supper

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What Christians do on Maundy Thursday

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Mass
RCC - wash 12 peoples’ feet

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Good Friday

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Jesus’ crucifixion

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What Christians do on Good Friday

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Hot cross buns eaten to mark end of lent
Sermons

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Why is Good Friday called ‘good’?

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A rescue for the world

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Easter Sunday

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Jesus’ resurrection
Jesus was seen by Mary Magdalene and disciples for 40 days

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Point of resurrection

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God raised Jesus from the death to show that he had accepted Jesus’ sacrifice for mankind.
Anyone can be forgiven if they have faith in God

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How Christians might celebrate Easter Sunday

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Easter eggs - symbolise new life
Lunch with lamb - in the passover meal Jesus ate lamb and put its blood over doors that the angel of death would pass over

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Significance of Easter

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  • Jesus gave his life to give us life with God forever
  • Jesus rising from death = destruction of sin and death